tacogeoff
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There's still the fact that Disney closed down Lucas Arts studio's and hired EA to make all their games.
why wouldn't they though? EA has the perfect platform in the Battlefield games to make a large multiplayer game for star wars. Make more sense to go to a licensing model. 20 million + copies sold for the EA franchise which isn't terrible by any means.
The statement, which was initially obtained by Game Informer and later released to Polygon, reads:
"After evaluating our position in the games market, we've decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company's risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result of this change, we've had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles."
Polygon reached out to LucasArts for comment and was told that the shift to a licensing model means LucasArts will no longer be developing games internally. Instead, the studio will be handing game development to third party developers